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<br />Commissioner Van Scoy asked if the other children in the surrounding neighborhood have to go <br />to the same park and make the same crossing. <br /> <br />City Engineer Jankowski replied the children on Germanium Street north of Sunwood Drive <br />would also have to cross Sunwood Drive to get to Solstice Park. <br /> <br />Chairperson Nixt noted there is currently not a trail on the east side of CR 5. <br /> <br />City Engineer Jankowski replied there is not, but it is a goal to have the trail in place by fall. <br /> <br />Commissioner VanScoy asked where the trail will be placed and how it will go through the <br />existing neighborhoods. <br /> <br />City Engineer Jankowski advised the policy has been that where the City has property rights <br />through subdivisions, they ask that the trail be located in the subdivision whenever possible. He <br />explained currently if Ramsey Elementary School were to be vacated the children are moved to <br />the old city hall site. It is anticipated that within a couple of years that will no longer be a viable <br />option, and Lord of Life Church has agreed to be the host location site, in which case it would be <br />necessary to have a trail. Ramsey Elementary School accommodates a fair number of <br />handicapped children so the trail would need to be hard surfaced. <br /> <br />Commissioner Van Scoy asked if there are density transitioning requirements if a PUD were to <br />be granted. <br /> <br />Associate Planner DaInes replied the density transitioning is a gray area; the code specifies <br />density transitioning from R-l to R-2 zoning, and the 3.3 units per acre density with this <br />development would barely be more than R-l zoning would allow. <br /> <br />Chairperson Nixt indicated he believes it would be appropriate to rezone this site to PUD if the <br />appropriate development and preliminary plat were submitted for the site. <br /> <br />Motion by Commissioner Levine, seconded by Commissioner Van Scoy, to adopt Findings of <br />Fact in favor of the request to rezone the proposed plat of Bridgewater from R-l: Single Family <br />Residential to Planned-Unit-Development; and to recommend that the City Council approve the <br />request to rezone the proposed plat of Bridgewater from R-l: Single-Family Residential to <br />Planned-Unit-Development, contingent upon plat approval; and based on the findings of fact. <br /> <br />Further discussion: Commissioner Cleveland asked if the PUD would require a residential <br />development, or if it would be opened up for any type of development. Associate Planner DaInes <br />replied the PUD is associated with a plat; the plat and PUD would have to be approved at the <br />same time. Commissioner Brauer stated there needs to be a compelling reason in order to <br />rezone. The applicant has' stated that the only reason he is doing this is economic; he could put <br />four houses on the lot, but for economic reasons will put five. He does not see that this site <br />should be rezoned just for" an economic reason. They have never done it before, and he does see <br />it here. Chairperson Nixt indicated he has a concurring thought, but does not share the same <br /> <br />Planning Commission! June 7, 2007 <br />Page 22 of 31 <br />